i’ve just seen a comment in a post, in this very community, saying people trust signal because of missinformation (from what i could undertand).

if this is true, then i have a few questions:

-what menssaging app should i use for secure communications? i need an app that balances simplicity and security.

-how to explain it to my friends who use signal because i recomended?

-what this means for other apps in general?

i want to make this post so we can discuss the actual law text of the new “ECA digital” (basically a law that requires plataforms to have more responsibility in securing a safe youth on the internet)

There are dishonest arguments o both sides “you should’nt trust people who opose this law” “this law was made from moral panic”

while yes, the legal document requires “mechanisms that enable age apropriate experiences” (Art. 10. Os fornecedores de produtos ou serviços de tecnologia da informação direcionados a crianças e a adolescentes ou de acesso provável por eles deverão adotar mecanismos para proporcionar experiências adequadas à idade, nos termos deste Capítulo, respeitadas a autonomia progressiva e a diversidade de contextos socioeconômicos brasileiros.)

it also has some safeguards, like:

privacy by default “Art. 7º Os fornecedores de produtos ou serviços de tecnologia da informação direcionados a crianças e a adolescentes ou de acesso provável por eles deverão, desde a concepção de seus produtos e serviços, garantir, por padrão, a configuração no modelo mais protetivo disponível em relação à privacidade e à proteção de dados pessoais, considerados a autonomia e o desenvolvimento progressivo do indivíduo e justificado o melhor interesse da criança e do adolescente.” no mass surveilance:

“§ 1º A regulamentação não poderá, em nenhuma hipótese, autorizar ou resultar na implantação de mecanismos de vigilância massiva, genérica ou indiscriminada, vedadas práticas contra os direitos fundamentais à liberdade de expressão, à privacidade, à proteção integral e ao tratamento diferenciado dos dados pessoais de crianças e de adolescentes, nos termos da Constituição Federal e das Leis nºs 8.069, de 13 de julho de 1990 (Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente), e 13.709, de 14 de agosto de 2018 (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais).”

actual legal document (so we can have a informed discussion): https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2023-2026/2025/Lei/L15211.htm

i had an idea, what if there was a website that showed companies that are know to be corrupt or engaged in unethical pratices. this could be a hub to easily show people companies they should not support and why.

What do you think about Ecosia? I have a habit of using Ecosia as the default search engine. And I do this because a while ago I was looking for a private and ethical alternative to Google.

In my view, Ecosia is a very ethical organization committed to its mission of acquiring money to finance natural restoration projects. I admit that I haven’t looked into it in depth so far, but they have a habit of releasing transparency reports.

The problem, if you can call it that, is that Ecosia isn’t very private, since it sends data to Bing to make it work. However, I think there’s good reason to trust the Ecosia organization even with this. After all, in their marketing, they’re concerned about creating a private search engine, or at least collecting only minimal data. So maybe it’s not so private now, but and in the future?

They have already shown themselves to be committed to their mission and that is why I trust them.